Hi All,

Gather round for a drink (virtually) and just take a minute or two for some comments.

I've noted both at The Bar and in other areas how we seem to be treating our electronic instruments more like our PCs and less like an extension of our own feelings, moods, etc. I, for one, am as guilty as hell, as I'll look at a piece of music and if it appears too complicated, I'll 'step record' it. No harm there but you just loose the human quality of the piece. The same can be said of most TV and movie themes. However they're recorded or sequenced it still sounds too 'exact'.

So, next time you sit down and decide to play or record a piece, have a drink, cigarette, whatever and try to let whatever's left of your human side come through and maybe, just maybe, we can teach some of the boffins what the digital age can, and cannot, do.

Enjoy your drink,

Mark

[This message has been edited by Mark, Michie & Luce (edited 01-16-2005).]